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Computer/Technology Skills
Standard Course of Study

Computers in the Classroom

The week of July 10, 2006 Blair received 134 new HP computers! Each regular classroom received four HP computers with a flat screen monitor. Each computer is networked. Each classroom will have one printer that will be networked or connected with a USB connection.

ETT Technology Grant
Blair was fortunate last year that we received a huge grant from technology! The focus of the grant has been differentiation in the classroom. Teachers have attended workshops with Dr. H. Davis and she also observed teachers in grades 4 and 5 at Blair. We have received three class sets of Danas which like a mini-computer along with a laptop for teacher instruction. We have received an instrument called
"Key to Access" which will enable students to download books along with other work and listen to them at their own pace. We have received five laser networkable printers for teachers in 4th and 5th grades. We received four classroom sets of the Renaissance Learning response systems along with a laptop for each teacher.  Six digital cameras have also been purchased with the grant. Three teachers will be receiving a Promethan ActivBoard with slates! Two teachers have received a Digital Visualizer which will take the place of an overhead. We have also received several microscopes that can be connected to the computer. Each teacher involved in the grant that has a classroom has also received a projector which was mounted in the spring. Teachers have also received a remote presentation to go with their laptops, flash drives, and memory cards. This is exciting for everyone at Blair involved in the grant and will aid the teacher as she reaches each student.

Blair's Computer Lab received 30 new HP computers for the
2006-2007 school year. Students visit the lab once a week to work on computer skills (taught from the Standard Course of Study) and activities that integrate classroom studies. Students look forward to Computer Lab day! 

PC Computers
Each classroom received a HP desktop computer in the 2004-2005 school year.
This computer is used mostly with NC Wise. NC Wise is a web based program that the state adopted and New Hanover County began using the program in the spring of 2005. At this time, the computer is used to take attendance each morning. Third, fourth, and fifth grade teachers have access to  the gradebook component of this program. Teachers can access this web based program from home with a DSL connection to add grades to their gradebook and check other information that is helpful to the teacher while away from school. The parent component of this program will be established in the next couple of years. Parents will be able to track the progress of their student when this part of the program is adopted. With the state, county, administrators, teachers, and parents working together should prove to be a positive way of communication!

Technology Assistant-Webmaster, Sue Stott
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If you have questions about the Computer Lab, computers in the classrooms, Blair on the Air, or this web site, please let me know. I have been the facilitator at Blair for the past
nine years and I have been at Blair for thirty years.
Needless to say, the Blair staff is an extension of my family! I love Blair and I enjoy my job. Each day is a challenge that I look forward to. The PTA supports technology in so many ways at Blair and for that I am so appreciative.
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